Most expensive 9 American cities

What drives costs in the most expensive cities in the U.S.? The answer is housing. But the nationwide trend of falling home prices won’t knock the city with the highest cost of living, New York, out of the top spot anytime soon.
According to an index of 306 cities published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER), the cost of living in the borough of Manhattan in New York City is 128 percent higher than the national average, with an index score of 228………………………………………..Full Article: Source